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New review highlights importance of good sleep routines for children

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 3 Dec 2018 | by: University of British Columbia | Story Source: University of British Columbia ~ Go to Original Article Sleep hygiene—which includes practices like providing a cool and quiet sleeping environment or reading before...

Keeping 1.5m schoolchildren safe from earthquakes in Kyrgyz Republic

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 4 Dec 2018 | by: TheirWorld News Team | Story Source: TheirWorld ~ Go to Original Article The Central Asian country is prone to natural disasters - so a programme to make its schools safer is crucial. Earthquakes are a constant...

The powerful impact of real-world learning experiences for kids

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 5 Dec 2018 | by: Jeff Grabmeier | Story Source: Ohio State News ~ Go to Original Article A zoo summer camp boosted key component of learning in just days. Real-world learning experiences, like summer camps, can significantly improve...

Why Debate May Be the Best Way to Save Constructive Disagreement

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 29 Nov 2018 | by: Katrina Schwartz | Story Source: KQED Mindshift ~ Go to Original Article Julia Dhar claims: "My mission in life is to help people disagree productively, to find ways to bring truth to light, to bring ideas to...

4 Ways to Teach Empathy in the Classroom (US)

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 27 Nov 2018 | by: Roberta Brandao | Story Source: Education Dive ~ Go to Original Article Empathy can be thought of as a "superpower" students as young as 3rd grade can learn and develop, writes Roberta Brandao of New Jersey's...

Australian children walk out of school to protest government inaction on climate change

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 1 Dec 2018 | by: NewsHub| Story Source: NewsHub (Australia) ~ Go to Original Article Thousands of Australian school students have protested climate change inaction across the country. Students skipped school on Friday to highlight...

What’s the best way to teach science?

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 19 Nov 2018 | by: Tarek Mostafa | Story Source: OECD (Blog) ~ Go to Original Article Education experts have spent the last 50 years debating over a seemingly simple question: what’s the best way to teach science? On one side of the...

How to make school autonomy work

Photo: (From Author Site URL) Date: 23 Nov 2018 | by: Marie-Helene Doumet | Story Source: OECD (Blog) ~ Go to Original Article School autonomy can mean different things to different people. Policy makers see it as a way to make schools more responsive to local needs...

Students Shouldn’t Rely on Highlighting Text

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 7 Nov 2018 | by: EduTopia | Story Source: EduTopia (Youtube) ~ Go to Original Article A common studying technique--highlighting text--can make students develop a false sense of mastery. WATCH AT SOURCE...

How to spell more precisely in the Arabic script? An innovation from the Islamic world

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 31 Oct 2018 | by: Helen Abadzi | Story Source: Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation ~ Go to Original Article Much innovative thinking is underway on increasing the influence and utility of Standard Arabic. One potential area for...

Listening Isn’t Cheating: How Audio Books Can Help Us Learn

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 18 Aug 2018 | by: Ki Sung | Story Source: KQED Mindshift ~ Go to Original Article Audio books have surged in popularity in recent years, enabled by their ease of use and advancements in smart phones. Gone are the days of...

Migrant kids get chance to blossom

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 26 Nov 2018 | by: Hoda Jaberian, Alvin Vista, and Esther Care | Story Source: Brookings ~ Go to Original Article Special learning centres for marginalised children offer a route out of poverty. Three years ago, Chit Ko, a son of ethnic...

8 Top Inclusion Tips For Every Class (UK)

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 26 Nov 2018 | by: Helen Sharpe | Story Source: Teacher Toolkit ~ Go to Original Article How can we include every learner? As a student myself, I often wanted to participate more in class but held back, hoping to be asked because I was...

The messages of the 2019 GEM Report are reaching all corners of the world

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 23 Nov 2018 | by: GEM Report | Story Source: GEM Report ~ Go to Original Article The 2019 GEM Report launched on Tuesday, with 12 events already, and another seven in the pipeline for next week. Almost 2,000 people attended the events,...

‘LearnBig’ – New Open Digital Library from UNESCO Released with Books in Thai, Myanmar and Ethnic Minority Languages

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 22 Nov 2018 | by: LearnBig | Story Source: LearnBig ~ Go to Original Article The multi-language platform “LearnBig” was developed as part of the UNESCO Bangkok’s initiative “Mobile Literacy for Out-of-School Children” supported by...

The Muslim woman breaking barriers in sex education in Myanmar

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 22 Nov 2018 | by: Victoria Milko | Story Source: Al Jazeera ~ Go to Original Article Dr Thet Htwe tackles taboos and builds bridges as she gives sex education to people of all ages. Adjusting her hijab and looking around the class, Dr...

Changing How Educators See Negative Experiences in the Classroom

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 14 Nov 2018 | by: MindShift | Story Source: KQED Mindshift ~ Go to Original Article Excerpted from The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom: Building Resilience with Compassionate Teaching © 2018 by Patricia A. Jennings. The following is from...

For the sake of kids, embrace math

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 14 Nov 2018 | by: Andy Hargreaves & Pasi Sahlberg | Story Source: The Conversation ~ Go to Original Article Mathematics is causing headaches in schools across Canada, Australia and many other parts of the world. Teachers in both Canada...

Open Your Door: Why We Need to See Each Other Teach

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 13 Oct 2013 | by: JENNIFER GONZALEZ | Story Source: Cult of Pedagogy ~ Go to Original Article I have always taught with my classroom door closed. Officially, it’s because I have trouble with distractions, which is not a lie: Just ask my...

India: Meet the Extraordinary Couple is Providing Education to Rajasthan’s Underprivileged Girls

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 16 Nov 2018 | by: The Better India | Story Source: The Better India ~ Go to Original Article Adharshila Balika Shivir is a residential learning centre for girls from disadvantaged communities and underprivileged backgrounds. Rinku is a...

Myanmar teachers benefit from Ericsson virtual reality training tool

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 19 Nov 2018 | by: WebWire | Story Source: WebWire ~ Go to Original Article Ericsson has deployed a Virtual Reality (VR) training tool for its ongoing Connect to Learn program in Myanmar. Myanmar is one of the first countries in the world...

“Durians In The Classroom” And 11 Memories Malaysian Teachers Had With Their Students

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 16 Nov 2018 | by: Published by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia | Story Source: Says (Malaysia) ~ Go to Original Article It's amazing the things students can come up with... I would leave the classroom all spent, but with a huge smile...

4 Ways To Promote Kindness in The Classroom

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 13 Nov 2018 | by: Adrian Bethune | Story Source: Teacher Toolkit (UK) ~ Go to Original Article How can we encourage more kindness in our classrooms? "Although it can feel like children often behave in selfish and self-centred ways, they...

Myanmar: A helping hand for Yangon’s most vulnerable children

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 14 Nov 2018 | by: Nandar Aung | Story Source: Myanmar Times ~ Go to Original Article The heat of the November sun can be suffocating to most people in Yangon, but not for Ma SeinThandar. The mother of a five-month-old sickly boy...

Learning music early can make your child a better reader

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 8 Nov 2018 | by: Anita Collins & Misty Adoniou | Story Source: The Conversation ~ Go to Original Article Neuroscience has found a clear relationship between music and language acquisition. Put simply, learning music in the early years of...

Helping Students Develop Executive Function Skills

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 9 Nov 2018 | by: Gina DiTullio | Story Source: EduTopia ~ Go to Original Article Simple classroom strategies can assist students with deficits in executive function skills like time management and active listening. Executive function is...

If education is the key to Singapore’s success, why do few parents want their children to become teachers?

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 9 Nov 2018 | by: Anna Maria Romero | Story Source: The Independent (Singapore) ~ Go to Original Article Singapore attributes its success to its educational system, touted by other countries as one of the best, if not the best, in the...

Pakistan: Speakers discuss the need for new pedagogies to enhance education

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 12 Nov 2018 | by: Sidra Maniar | Story Source: The Express Tribune (Pakistan) ~ Go to Original Article The last day of the Karachi Conference gave voice to one the biggest silent demographics of the city – the children. The first session...

Turning the page: how India’s state schools are being revitalised

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 26 Oct 2018 | by: Amrit Dhillon | Story Source: The Guardian (Global Education) ~ Go to Original Article For years, efforts to improve India’s failing state system focused on teachers, classrooms and curricula. Now a training scheme for...

Pathways for gender equality through early childhood teacher policy in China

Photo: (URL From Source) Date: 7 Nov 2018 | by: Jin Chi | Story Source: Brookings ~ Go to Original Article The international development community has placed adolescent girls and secondary schooling at the center of girls’ education policy, and less attention to the...